Plain cardigan
Pink: A quick and easy knit in our very skin friendly mix of organic plant dyed cotton and super soft alpaca. A garment perfect for spring and summer.
Green: Soft worsted merino wool makes this cardigan perfect for colder days and as a warming layer under winter suits.
Sizes
0-3 m (6-12 m) 1-2 (3-4) 5-6 (7-8) years
Size 0-3 mfor free, the rest can be purchased in our shop.
Yarn summer version (hold one strand of each quality together)
Pickles Organic Cotton, THIN
100 (100) 150 (200) 250 (300) g
Pickles Pure THIN Alpaca
50 (100) 100 (150) 150 (200) g
Yarn winter version (knit single stranded)
Abuelita Worsted Merino or Abuelita Worsted Merino Multi
100 (200) 200 (300) 300 (300) g
Needles
US 9 32” circular and DP needles
Gauge
4” =14 s and 21 rows in stockinette
Chest measures flat
about 8.5 (9.5) 10.5 (12) 13 (14) “
Lenght
about 9.5 (11) 12.5 (15.5) 17 (18.5) “
1 garter ridge = 2 knit rows
Slip the first s of every row throughout the whole project, also when not mentioned. Knit button holes on a right side row every 4 - 5 garter ridge like this: Start after 3 ridges: Slip 1 s, K1, YO, K2tog. Continue knitting the row as usual.
Cast on 64 s. Knit 4 garter ridges. You are now going to knit stockinette, but the first and last 5 s are knitted in garter stitch.
When the piece measures 6.5 " knit like this on the next wrong side row: (Still in stockinette with garter edges):
Work 15 s. Bind off 4 s. Work 26 s. Bind off 4 s. Work the rest of the row and put aside.
Arms
Cast on 16 s on double pointed needles and work garter in the round. When you have made 4 garter ridges change to stockinette and make 4 s evenly around the first stockinette round. Place a marker at the beginning of the round to mark the under arm. Work an increase round every 2 “ of stockinette 2 times altogether:
Work until 1 s remains before the marker. Make 1 s. Knit 2 s. Make 1 s. You now have 24 s. Work until the arm measures 6.5 “. Bind off 4 s under the arm.
Line up all the parts on the circular needle and work one right side row while placing markers between the arms and body part (4 markers). Knit back. The rest of the cardigan is knitted in garter and with raglan decreases:
Row 1: Knit until 3 s remains before the 1st marker. SSK. K 2 s. K2tog. Repeat for all 4 markers
Row 2: Knit.
After 8 decrease rows knit a row or two (to place the last button hole evenly) and bind off.
tirsdag, april 24, 2012 at 12:30PM Print Article
Reader Comments (18)
Thank you for sharing this pattern! I knitted this yesterday evening for my cousin's baby - the birthday will be in august so this cardigan is just perfect :)
I love all your patterns and have knitted several others if your designs as well!
:) Meeri
Thnaks for your nice comment Meeri :)
Thank you, this pattern looks perfect and quick! Is it knitted double stranded with the two different types of yarn? My baby boy is due in six weeks now and I am very tempted to add this cardigan to his wardrobe!
Thanks! Yes, Sylvie, it is knitted in two strands , alpaca and cotton ;)
Hi...I'm a very new knitter and have a question regarding the sleeves...are the sleeves knit dividing the stitched between more than two needles...so that a tube is being formed? Thank you
Yes Tania, thats right ;)
What colour way is the bottom cardigan in? Thanks
The yellow one is in honey (cotton) and Turmeric (alpaca) :)
What does BIND OFF mean?
Thanking you, Louise
Cast off
Hello. Loving knitting this pattern and my pickles pink yarn but any tips on attaching the arms to the body? I'm a bit puzzled. Thanks.
it´s a raglan deacrease, so the sleeves go into the slots where you casted off for sleeves on the body piece, and body and sleeves are knitted as one piece from here on. Look up raglan decrease on youtube.com if you´re unfamiliar with this technique:)
Just finished the 6m-12m size. It's super cute but I'm finding that it fits a bit small (or I have a very big girl for her age--she's not even 6 m yet!) and likely won't fit her past 7 m. I knit the 0-3m size for her a while back and it fit well until she was 3 m, but just wanted to note that these seem to fit on the snug side. Thanks for the patterns! Love the colour and yarn ideas.
All kids vary in sizes, as does the taste when it come to the fitting:) To find the right size make sure the gauge is right and use the measurements given as a guide. We use standard international measurements when developing sizes, yarnstandards.com:)
I have to say that ALL the plain versions are my all time favourite. And the green yarn is a wonderful color! We have the vest and the dress and thsi one looks also very nice. Too bad I ordered just a few days ago (I realized this already when you released the dress of the fun kit). Well- I'll put it on my project list for now. This would also be nice as a coat for adult...
Thanks for your nice comment:)
I really want to make this sweater for my 3 granddaughters but am confused on sizing. The pattern says there are several sizes but when you sart and cast on it only gives you one size and I don't even know what that size is. I need help with this. Thank you for your time, it is greatly appreciated.
JoAnne Desy
Jdesy@tkschools.org
The free size is 0-3 m, the rest can be purchased in our shop :) All this info, with links to the shop, is listed in the pattern above. Thanks!